The Tibetan stone loach (Triplophysa stolickai) is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Nemacheilidae. The specific name is sometimes spelled stoliczkae but the original spelling used by Steindachner is stoličkai.[3] It is found in southern and central Asia.[4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Nemacheilidae |
| Genus: | Triplophysa |
| Species: | T. stolickai
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| Triplophysa stolickai (Steindachner, 1866)[2]
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Etymology
editThe stone loach is named in honor of paleontologist Ferdinand Stoliczka (1838–1874). Stoliczka was the one who collected the type specimen.[5]
References
edit- ^ Daniels, A. (2022). "Triplophysa stolickai". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T168488A1186806. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T168488A1186806.en. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
- ^ "Zur fischfauna Kaschmirs und der benachbarten Landerstriche in Wien". Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft. 16: 784–796. 1866.
- ^ Wu, Y.-Y., Sun, Z.-Y. & Guo, Y.-S. (2016): A new species of the genus Triplophysa (Cypriniformes: Nemacheilidae), Triplophysa daochengensis, from Sichuan Province, China. Zoological Research, 37 (5): 290–296.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Triplophysa stoliczkai". FishBase. June 2016 version.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CYPRINIFORMES: Family NEMACHEILIDAE (r-y)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
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